Weather Records on 20 November 1965

285 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 20 November 1965. Highest significance: Salvador, BR.

Key Facts for 20 November 1965

On 20 November 1965, 285 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
66 were record highs and 85 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 4 monthly and 281 daily.
Salvador set a daily record precipitation of 76.6 mm (3.0 in) on 20 November 1965.
Across 156 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 455 records.

Record Map

285 stations

285 station records on 20 November 1965 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 20 November 1965: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Salvador	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Hiddensee-Vitte	Germany	Record snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Petrolina	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Eagle Harbor	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manistique Wwtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
High Prairie	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Ai-Petri	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Sandy Lake Dam Libby	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Magdeburg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Oestersund-Froesoen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Velikie Luki	Russia	Record low maximum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Le Bourget	France	Record daily precipitation	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Bernburg/Saale (Nord)	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Faerder Fyr	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Zametchino	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Naboomspruit (Pol)	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record low maximum temperature	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Potsdam	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Ulricehamn	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Riachao Do Jacuipe	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	52.3 mm (2.1 in)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Bremen-Seefahrtschule	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-2.3 C (27.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Holyoke	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.3 C (37.9 F)	27 of 100 (Routine)
Palapye	Botswana	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Sao Raimundo Nonato	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	36.5 mm (1.4 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Forse	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-22.0 C (-7.6 F)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Yalta	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Pokegama Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
De Bilt	Netherlands	Record low maximum temperature	-0.9 C (30.4 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record low maximum temperature	-8.6 C (16.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Andenes	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Oktjabrskij-Gorodok	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-22.5 C (-8.5 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Berlin-Dahlem	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Kleve	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	0.3 C (32.5 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Sherthala	India	Record daily precipitation	91.4 mm (3.6 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Arecibo 3 ESE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Garden Valley	United States	Record high minimum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Saude	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Tartu	Estonia	Record low minimum temperature	-20.0 C (-4.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Neustadt/Weinstrasse	Germany	Record daily precipitation	34.0 mm (1.3 in)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Junsele	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-25.6 C (-14.1 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Farmington	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.0 C (77.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	23 of 100 (Routine)
Morro Do Chapeu	Brazil	Record daily precipitation	38.9 mm (1.5 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Manouan Sanmaur	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-22.8 C (-9.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cottbus	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Zerbst	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-4.0 C (24.8 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Deuselbach	Germany	Record daily precipitation	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Choshi	Japan	Record high maximum temperature	22.4 C (72.3 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Steamboat Springs	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Rosebud	United States	Record high maximum temperature	20.0 C (68.0 F)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Cumberland House	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.9 cm (3.1 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Lindenberg	Germany	Record low maximum temperature	-5.2 C (22.6 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Liepaja	Latvia	Record low minimum temperature	-10.0 C (14.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Tromso	Norway	Record low minimum temperature	-11.5 C (11.3 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Urjupinsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-21.2 C (-6.2 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Riksgransen	Sweden	Record low minimum temperature	-19.5 C (-3.1 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Sterling	United States	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Cambridge Water Trmt P	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-5.6 C (21.9 F)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Waialua 847	United States	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

285 records

Records set or tied on 20 November 1965 by type: Highest daily maximum 35, Lowest daily maximum 51, Highest daily minimum 31, Lowest daily minimum 34, Heaviest daily rainfall 92, Heaviest daily snowfall 25, Deepest snow cover 17.

Records on 20 November 1965 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	35
Lowest daily maximum	51
Highest daily minimum	31
Lowest daily minimum	34
Heaviest daily rainfall	92
Heaviest daily snowfall	25
Deepest snow cover	17

Records on 20 November 1965 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 4, daily 281.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

238 broken records

Margins by which the 238 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 460.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

20 November 1965

Top 20 records on 20 November 1965 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
20 November 1965	Salvador, BR	daily rain	76.6 mm (3.0 in)	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	42 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1965	Hiddensee-Vitte, DE	daily snow depth	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	46.0 cm (18.1 in)	34 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1965	Petrolina, BR	daily rain	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	29.3 mm (1.2 in)	44 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1965	Eagle Harbor, US	daily rain	51.8 mm (2.0 in)	21.3 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1965	Manistique Wwtp, US	daily rain	33.8 mm (1.3 in)	19.8 mm (0.8 in)	16 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1965	High Prairie, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	32 years	37 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1965	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily low max	-11.8 C (10.8 F)	1.6 C (2.9 F)	80 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1965	Ai-Petri, UA	daily rain	57.8 mm (2.3 in)	15.8 mm (0.6 in)	54 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
20 November 1965	Sandy Lake Dam Libby, US	daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	2.5 cm (1.0 in)	70 years	34 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Magdeburg, DE	daily low max	-4.5 C (23.9 F)	3.4 C (6.1 F)	58 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Oestersund-Froesoen, SE	daily low min	-18.1 C (-0.6 F)	0.8 C (1.4 F)	80 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Velikie Luki, RU	daily low max	-8.5 C (16.7 F)	3.1 C (5.6 F)	58 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Le Bourget, FR	monthly rain	38.7 mm (1.5 in)	3.6 mm (0.14 in)	21 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Bernburg/Saale (Nord), DE	daily low max	-4.2 C (24.4 F)	2.7 C (4.9 F)	63 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Faerder Fyr, NO	daily low min	-7.0 C (19.4 F)	2.1 C (3.8 F)	60 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Zametchino, RU	daily low min	-22.9 C (-9.2 F)	0.5 C (0.9 F)	74 years	30 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Naboomspruit (Pol), ZA	daily rain	44.0 mm (1.7 in)	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	48 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Riksgransen, SE	daily low max	-15.0 C (5.0 F)	3.5 C (6.3 F)	56 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Potsdam, DE	daily low max	-4.8 C (23.4 F)	1.8 C (3.2 F)	58 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
20 November 1965	Ulricehamn, SE	daily low min	-9.2 C (15.4 F)	0.2 C (0.4 F)	71 years	28 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1965

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1965. 1965 had 285 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-20 in each year
Year	Records
1793	1
1809	2
1816	3
1829	4
1835	1
1836	1
1847	1
1851	1
1852	1
1855	1
1858	1
1859	1
1862	1
1865	1
1871	1
1873	1
1874	1
1878	1
1879	3
1880	2
1881	1
1884	1
1885	2
1886	1
1887	1
1889	3
1890	2
1891	4
1893	2
1894	1
1897	7
1900	11
1901	6
1902	10
1903	10
1904	9
1905	7
1906	22
1907	5
1908	8
1909	26
1910	14
1911	29
1912	15
1913	64
1914	89
1915	12
1916	16
1917	65
1918	14
1919	47
1920	15
1921	73
1922	26
1923	45
1924	84
1925	224
1926	294
1927	105
1928	140
1929	130
1930	600
1931	646
1932	255
1933	702
1934	477
1935	55
1936	286
1937	1,102
1938	167
1939	265
1940	280
1941	438
1942	774
1943	248
1944	347
1945	322
1946	774
1947	413
1948	651
1949	362
1950	877
1951	742
1952	494
1953	850
1954	876
1955	365
1956	598
1957	190
1958	218
1959	270
1960	330
1961	540
1962	700
1963	597
1964	863
1965	285
1966	434
1967	277
1968	479
1969	710
1970	368
1971	651
1972	729
1973	941
1974	655
1975	660
1976	389
1977	1,332
1978	1,413
1979	819
1980	745
1981	1,119
1982	800
1983	1,054
1984	537
1985	2,379
1986	1,142
1987	666
1988	1,218
1989	986
1990	1,010
1991	798
1992	1,416
1993	1,211
1994	1,484
1995	1,237
1996	1,566
1997	461
1998	829
1999	493
2000	1,163
2001	843
2002	900
2003	1,242
2004	738
2005	432
2006	1,034
2007	1,151
2008	1,171
2009	1,184
2010	678
2011	816
2012	657
2013	411
2014	1,018
2015	733
2016	725
2017	451
2018	339
2019	791
2020	578
2021	414
2022	1,283
2023	554
2024	645
2025	660

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Histogram of margins by which records were beaten on 20 November 1965
Margin	Records
0 to 100	237
100 to 200	0
200 to 300	0
300 to 400	0
400 to 500	1